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Word Roots. m-n. Key . Become familiar with the roots Use them to make connections to the definitions of words It’s not a fool-proof system If you can’t figure out the word based on the root, then look up the word This will greatly expand your vocabulary
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Word Roots m-n
Key • Become familiar with the roots • Use them to make connections to the definitions of words • It’s not a fool-proof system • If you can’t figure out the word based on the root, then look up the word • This will greatly expand your vocabulary • It will help you for the PSAT, the SAT, the GRE, and life!
min: small • minutiae • minute • diminish
Min: to project, to hang over • Eminent • Prominent • Preeminent
Mis/mit: to send • Missive • Emissary • Remit • intermittent • remission
misc (mixed) • miscellaneous • miscegenation • promiscuous
mon/monit (to warn) • monument • monitor • summons • admonish
morph (shape) • amorphous • metamorphosis • polymorphous
mort (death) • immortal • morgue • morbid • moribund (declining or dying) • mortify
mut (change) • commute • mutation • mutant • immutable • permutation (variation)
nam/nom/noun/nown/nym (rule, order) • economy • autonomy • taxonomy (classification) • gastronomy (food/cooking)
nom/nym/noun/nown (name) • synonym • nominate • pseudonym • misnomer • nomenclature (ex. nomenclature of the rifle’s components)
nat/nas/nai (to be born) • natural • native • naïve • cognate (similar/related) • nascent • innate • renaissance
nec/nic/noc/nox (harm, death) • innocent • innocuous • pernicious (destructive) • necromancy
nov/neo/nou (new) • novel • renovate • innovate • neologism (ex. funner) • novice (ex. Jake) • nouveau riche
nounc/nunc (to announce) • announce • pronounce • denounce (condemn, censure) • renounce (reject)